Industry: Automotive
Team Leader: Przemysław Narowski
Company/Team
Introduction: Dr. Schneider
Automotive Poland specializes in high quality automobile-related plastic
products – from innovative ventilation systems to highly integrated interior
covers and sophisticated modules for instrument panels and center consoles that
are not only aesthetic but also functional.
Story Overview/Challenge:
Przemyslaw Narowski is a CAE Engineer at Dr.
Schneider Automotive Poland. He took on an unconventional approach to tell us
his unique #Moldex3DStory. He uses three different perspectives in time: the
Past, the Present, and the Future to take us on the journey with him to
witness, experience and envision the evolution of a CAE solution – Moldex3D in
his company. He explains from how the true need for an injection molding
process simulation emerged within his company and why Moldex3D was chosen, to
how it is used in a feasibility study of a new designed part now, and to the
extended use of Moldex3D’s other simulation solutions to broaden their
technical capabilities and the future outlook for a streamlined engineering
workflow from CAD, through CAE to CAM. Multiple real cases are shown in his
story to illustrate the accuracy of Moldex3D’s results and the values of using
it.
Solution:
Moldex3D is chosen to assist the design and
development of plastic products. It is used in the whole product development
process from the part design stage, the initial assessment for part feasibility
including choosing the gate location, the cycle time estimation, etc. and to
the workshop floor for troubleshooting difficult production challenges such as
warpage, air traps, and other molding errors. For instance, in the case of a
fuel filler part, Dr. Schneider Automotive Poland was able to reduce the
warpage amount by 40% with the help of Moldex3D’s analysis in order to ensure
the molded parts meet the required standards. In addition, for car interior
parts, aesthetics is also very important. Moldex3D successfully helped solve an
air trap issue of a car interior part to avoid a visible surface defect.
Results/Benefits:
·
Test new designs for
part feasibility such as the ideal gate locations and the estimated cycle times
·
Solved difficult molding
challenges such as warpage (by 40% in one case) and air traps
·
Inspire “Reverse
Simulation” concept for the future product development direction
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